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Author Lewis, David, 1917-2002, author

Title We, the navigators : the ancient art of landfinding in the Pacific / David Lewis ; Sir Derek Oulton, editor
Edition Second edition
Published Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [1994]
Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 1994
©1972
©1994

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 W'PONDS  623.89099 Lew/Wtn 1994  AVAILABLE
Description xxi, 442 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Contents Foreword to the first edition / S. H. Riesenberg -- 1. Rediscovery of a Vanishing Art -- 2. Piecing the Mosaic -- 3. Voyaging Canoes -- 4. Steering by the Stars -- 5. Keeping Course by Sun, Swells, and Wind -- 6. Dead Reckoning -- 7. Orientation Concepts in Dead Reckoning -- 8. Island Blocks, Birds, and Clouds -- 9. Swell Patterns and Phosphorescence -- 10. Expanded Target Landfall in Practice -- 11. Position Fixing at Sea -- 12. Reasons for Voyaging -- 13. The Renaissance of Far Voyaging -- 14. The Long Seaways of Eastern Polynesia -- Appendix I: Variations of Star Bearings with Latitude / V. Radhakrishnan -- Appendix II: Directional Marks Ashore -- Appendix III: Table of Tahitian Star Pillars and Islands -- Locations of the Main Islands and Other Places
Summary The second edition of David Lewis' classic book on Pacific navigation promises to satisfy yet again scholars and seafarers alike - and all others who have marveled at the ability of island mariners to navigate hundreds of miles of open ocean without instruments. The new edition includes a discussion of theories about traditional methods of navigation developed during the past two decades, the story of the renaissance of star navigation throughout the Pacific, and material about navigation system in Indonesia, Siberia, and the Indian Ocean
Notes Originally published: 2017
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-431) and index
Subject Micronesians.
Navigation -- South Pacific Ocean -- History.
Navigation -- South Pacific Ocean.
Polynesians.
Author Oulton, A. D. M. (Anthony Derek Maxwell), editor
LC no. 93044019
ISBN 9780824815820 (paperback)